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{{Short description|American rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = The Voidz
| name = The Voidz
| background = group_or_band
| image = Julian Casablancas + The Voidz.jpg
| image = Julian Casablancas + The Voidz.jpg
| landscape = yes
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| caption = The Voidz performing in 2014
| caption = The Voidz performing in 2014
| alias = Julian Casablancas+The Voidz
| alias = Julian Casablancas + The Voidz (2013–2017)
| origin =
| origin =
| spinoff_of = [[The Strokes]]
| genre = [[Experimental rock]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/yw3745/who-cares-if-rock-is-no-longer-what-it-was-an-interview-with-julian-casablancas|title="Who Cares If Rock Is No Longer What It Was?" An Interview with Julian Casablancas|date=October 19, 2017|work=Noisey|access-date=January 25, 2018|language=en-uk}}</ref>
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*[[Experimental rock]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/yw3745/who-cares-if-rock-is-no-longer-what-it-was-an-interview-with-julian-casablancas|title="Who Cares If Rock Is No Longer What It Was?" An Interview with Julian Casablancas|date=October 19, 2017|work=Noisey|access-date=January 25, 2018|language=en-uk}}</ref>
*[[New wave music|new wave]]<ref name="Pitchfork"/><ref name="genres 1"/>
*[[neo-psychedelia]]<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|last=Berman|first=Stuart|title=The Voidz – Virtue Review|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-voidz-virtue/|website=Pitchfork|access-date=April 17, 2018}}</ref>
*[[garage rock]]<ref name="genres 1">{{cite news|last=Weiss|first=Jeff|title='The essence of life is kind of a nostalgia anticipation sandwich': Philosophy 101 with Julian Casablancas|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/the-essence-of-life-is-kind-of-a-nostalgia-anticipation-sandwich-philosophy-101-with-julian-casablancas/2018/04/12/92430c9e-38ee-11e8-8fd2-49fe3c675a89_story.html|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=April 17, 2018}}</ref>
*[[electronica]]<ref name="liimd">{{cite web|last=Patterson|first=Adreon|date=January 23, 2018|title=Listen to The Voidz's First New Single in Nearly Four Years, "Leave It in My Dreams"|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-voidz/the-voidz-release-first-single-in-four-years/|access-date=July 5, 2020|website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]}}</ref>
}}
| years_active = 2013–present
| years_active = 2013–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Cult Records|Cult]]|[[RCA Records|RCA]]}}
| label = {{hlist|[[Cult Records|Cult]]|[[RCA Records|RCA]]|[[Terrible Records|Terrible]]}}
| associated_acts = The Sick Six
| website = {{URL|thevoidz.com}}
| website = {{URL|thevoidz.com}}
| current_members = [[Julian Casablancas]]<br />[[Whitestarr|Jeramy Gritter]]<br />Amir Yaghmai<br />Jacob Bercovici<br />[[Alex Carapetis]]<br />[[Jeff Kite]]
| current_members = {{ubl|[[Julian Casablancas]]|Jeramy Gritter|Amir Yaghmai|Jacob Bercovici|[[Alex Carapetis]]|[[Jeff Kite]]}}
| past_members =
| past_members =
}}
}}


'''The Voidz''' (formerly known as '''Julian Casablancas+The Voidz''') are an American [[Punk music|punk]] band formed by [[Julian Casablancas]] of [[The Strokes]]. The band consists of Julian Casablancas (vocals) as well as Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter (guitar), Amir Yaghmai (guitar), Jacob "Jake" Bercovici (bass, synthesizers), [[Alex Carapetis]] (drums), [[Jeffrey Kite|Jeff Kite]] (keyboards).<ref name="theguardian1">{{cite web|last=Gibsone |first=Harriet |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/mar/26/julian-casablancas-shares-details-of-his-new-album-with-band-the-voidz |title=Julian Casablancas shares details of his new album with band the Voidz &#124; Music |publisher=theguardian.com |date=March 26, 2014 |accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref><ref name="YouTube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv2sIM-BwdM |title="Can I VHS you?" - Julian Casablancas+The Voidz interview |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref>
'''The Voidz''' (formerly '''Julian Casablancas + The Voidz''') are an [[experimental rock]] band. They consist of [[Julian Casablancas]] (vocals), Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter (guitar), Amir Yaghmai (guitar), Jacob "Jake" Bercovici (bass, synthesizers), [[Alex Carapetis]] (drums), and [[Jeffrey Kite|Jeff Kite]] (keyboards).<ref name="theguardian1">{{cite web|last=Gibsone |first=Harriet |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/mar/26/julian-casablancas-shares-details-of-his-new-album-with-band-the-voidz |title=Julian Casablancas shares details of his new album with band the Voidz &#124; Music |publisher=theguardian.com |date=March 26, 2014 |access-date=May 14, 2014}}</ref><ref name="YouTube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv2sIM-BwdM |title="Can I VHS you?" - Julian Casablancas+The Voidz interview |publisher=YouTube |access-date=May 14, 2014}}</ref>


The band's [[Tyranny (Julian Casablancas+The Voidz album)|debut album]] earned the 50th place in ''[[NME]]'''s Top 50 Albums of 2014 list.<ref>{{cite web|title=NME's Top 50 Albums Of 2014|url=http://www.nme.com/photos/nme-s-top-50-albums-of-2014/364635|website=[[nme.com]]|accessdate=May 15, 2015}}</ref>
''[[Tyranny (The Voidz album)|Tyranny]]'', their debut album, reached 50th in ''[[NME]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Top 50 Albums of 2014 list.


==History==
==History==


=== Formation and ''Tyranny'' (2013–2016) ===
=== Formation, ''Tyranny'' (2013–2016) ===
Jeff Kite, Alex Carapetis and Jake Bercovici had all worked with Casablancas previously. Kite and Carapetis appeared as part of the Sick Six live band (which also featured [[Danielle Haim]]), that backed Casablancas when touring his first solo album, ''[[Phrazes for the Young]]''. Kite and Carapetis, along with Bercovici, also worked on "I Like the Night", a song Casablancas recorded as part of an advertising campaign he fronted for the [[France|French]] fashion label, [[Loris Azzaro|Azzaro]]. Casablancas enjoyed working with the band and chose to collaborate with other musicians, in a similar format to the Sick Six, when recording his next album. Casablancas, Carapetis, Bercovici, and Kite, along with mutual friends Jeramy Gritter and Amir Yaghmai formed the Voidz and began writing music together.<ref name="theguardian1"/><ref name="YouTube"/>
Jeff Kite, Alex Carapetis and Jake Bercovici had all worked with Casablancas previously. Kite and Carapetis appeared as part of the Sick Six live band (which also featured [[Danielle Haim]]), that backed Casablancas when touring his first solo album, ''[[Phrazes for the Young]]''. Kite and Carapetis, along with Bercovici, also worked on "I Like the Night", a song Casablancas recorded as part of an advertising campaign he fronted for the [[France|French]] fashion label, [[Loris Azzaro|Azzaro]].


Casablancas enjoyed working with the band and chose to collaborate with other musicians, in a similar format to the Sick Six, when recording his next album. Casablancas, Carapetis, Bercovici, and Kite, along with mutual friends Jeramy Gritter and Amir Yaghmai formed The Voidz and began writing music together.<ref name="theguardian1"/><ref name="YouTube"/>
The band, then known as Julian Casablancas+The Voidz, signed to Casablancas' record label, [[Cult Records|Cult]], and following an appearance at [[SXSW Festival]], began touring the world throughout 2014 and 2015, playing a combination of festivals and headline shows, the former of which included the [[Lollapallooza]] festivals in [[Chile]], [[Brazil]], and [[Argentina]], as well as [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella]], Festival Estéreo Picnic in [[Colombia]], [[Governors Ball Music Festival|Governor's Ball]] in [[New York City|New York]] and [[Primavera Sound]] in [[Barcelona]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://juliancasablancas.com/tour.html |title=Julian Casablancas+The Voidz |publisher=Juliancasablancas.com |date= |accessdate=May 14, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605172144/http://juliancasablancas.com/tour.html |archivedate=June 5, 2014 |df= }}</ref> The band's debut album, ''[[Tyranny (Julian Casablancas+The Voidz album)|Tyranny]]'', was released on September 23, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|author=Nick Murray|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/julian-casablancas-and-the-voidz-set-tyranny-release-date-20140623 |title=Julian Casablancas and the Voidz Plan New Album 'Tyranny'|work=Rolling Stone |date=June 23, 2014 |accessdate=December 11, 2013}}</ref> The band's live sets generally consist of a mix between Casablancas' earlier solo songs, covers of [[The Strokes|Strokes]] songs written solely by Casablancas, Casablancas' collaborations with other artists (such as [[Daft Punk]]'s [[Instant Crush]] and [[Sparklehorse]] & [[Danger Mouse (musician)|Danger Mouse]]'s [[Dark Night of the Soul (album)|Little Girl]]) as well as their own original material from ''Tyranny''.
[[File:Julian Casablancas - Lollapalooza Chile 2014 (13671979095).jpg|thumb|With the ''Voidz''' Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter (formerly of [[Whitestarr]]) at [[Lollapalooza Chile]], 2014]]


Then known as Julian Casablancas + The Voidz, the band signed to Casablancas' record label, [[Cult Records|Cult]], and following a appearance at [[SXSW Festival]], undertook an international tour between 2014 and 2015, including U.S. [[Lollapallooza]] and festivals in [[Chile]], [[Brazil]] and [[Argentina]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://juliancasablancas.com/tour.html |title=Julian Casablancas+The Voidz |publisher=Juliancasablancas.com |access-date=May 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605172144/http://juliancasablancas.com/tour.html |archive-date=June 5, 2014 }}</ref> The band's debut album, ''[[Tyranny (The Voidz album)|Tyranny]]'', was released on September 23, 2014.<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine|author=Nick Murray|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/julian-casablancas-and-the-voidz-set-tyranny-release-date-20140623 |title=Julian Casablancas and the Voidz Plan New Album 'Tyranny'|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 23, 2014 |access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> The band's live sets generally consist of a mix between Casablancas' earlier solo songs, covers of [[The Strokes|Strokes]] songs written solely by Casablancas, collaborations with artists (such as [[Daft Punk]]'s "[[Instant Crush]]" and [[Sparklehorse]] & [[Danger Mouse (musician)|Danger Mouse]]'s [[Dark Night of the Soul (album)|"Little Girl"]]) as well as their own original material from ''Tyranny'' and ''Virtue''.
=== ''Virtue'' (2017–present) ===
[[File:Julian Casablancas - Lollapalooza Chile 2014 (13671979095).jpg|thumb|With The Voidz' Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter (formerly of [[Whitestarr]]) at [[Lollapalooza Chile]], 2014]]
On December 8, 2017, the band announced a name change to The Voidz,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8062700/julian-casablancas-and-the-voidz-name-change-horror-video|title=Julian Casablancas & The Voidz Announce Name Change With 1980s Horror Spoof: Watch|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=|work=Billboard|access-date=December 9, 2017}}</ref> as well as their signing to [[RCA Records|RCA]]. On January 23, 2018, “Leave It In My Dreams”, the first single from their new album ''[[Virtue (The Voidz album)|Virtue]]'' was released. ''Virtue'' was announced for release March 30, 2018 on [[Cult Records]] via [[RCA Records|RCA]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/01/the-voidz-announce-details-of-forthcoming-album-vi.html|title=The Voidz Announce Details of "Eclectic" Forthcoming Album, Virtues|last=Manno|first=Lizzie|date=January 25, 2018|work=Paste Magazine|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rcarecords.com/news/voidz-release-new-album-virtue-march-30-cult-records-rca-records-julian-casablancas-directed-video-new-song-qyurryus/|title=The Voidz To Release New Album "Virtue" March 30 On Cult Records/RCA Records - Julian Casablancas-Directed Video For New Song "QYURRYUS" Out Today|last=|first=|date=January 25, 2018|work=RCA Records|language=en-US}}</ref>


=== ''Virtue'' (2017–2019) ===
==Band members==
Their album [[Virtue (The Voidz album)|Virtue]] was released in 2018, on [[Cult Records]] via [[RCA Records|RCA]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8062700/julian-casablancas-and-the-voidz-name-change-horror-video|title=Julian Casablancas & The Voidz Announce Name Change With 1980s Horror Spoof: Watch|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 9, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Julian Casablancas]] – lead vocals, vocoder, sampler, guitar (2013–present)
* [[Whitestarr|Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter]] – guitar, keyboards (2013–present)
* Amir Yaghmai – guitar, keyboards (2013–present)
* Jacob "Jake" Bercovici – bass, synthesizers (2013–present)
* [[Alex Carapetis]] – drums, percussion, bass (2013–present)
* [[Jeffrey Kite|Jeff Kite]] – keyboards (2013–present)


=== Singles and ''Like All Before You'' (2019–present) ===
==Discography==
In 2019, The Voidz collaborated with [[Mac DeMarco]] who produced two songs, “Did My Best” and “The Eternal Tao” later released as a single on Terrible Records.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Vozick-Levinson |first1=Simon |last2=Vozick-Levinson |first2=Simon |date=2019-12-13 |title=The Voidz' 'Did My Best' Is Vintage Casablancas |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/voidz-julian-casablancas-did-my-best-924265/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2020, they released the single "Alien Crime Lord" to promote the ''[[Grand Theft Auto Online#The Cayo Perico Heist|Cayo Perico Heist]]'' update of ''[[Grand Theft Auto Online]].''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaffer |first=Claire |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-voidz-alien-crime-lord-1104263/ |title=The Voidz Drop Robotic New Track 'Alien Crime Lord' |date=December 15, 2020 |website=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=May 25, 2024 }}</ref> In 2021, a reworked version of "The Eternal Tao" called "The Eternal Tao 2.0" was released, with an extended outro containing lyrics similar to the Strokes song "[[The Adults Are Talking]]".


On May 12, 2023, The Voidz featured in [[Daft Punk]]'s song "[[Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo)]]," which was included in their [[Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition)|10th anniversary edition of ''Random Access Memories'']].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dunworth |first=Liberty |date=May 12, 2023 |title=Listen to Daft Punk's previously unreleased Julian Casablancas collab 'Infinity Repeating' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-daft-punks-previously-unreleased-julian-casablancas-collab-infinity-repeating-3442657 |access-date=May 26, 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> Two weeks later, on May 26, they released the single "Prophecy of the Dragon."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-26 |title=Julian Casablancas' Voidz Share New Song "Prophecy of the Dragon" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/julian-casablancas-voidz-share-new-song-prophecy-of-the-dragon-listen/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> The following single "Flexorcist" was released in October that year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-28 |title=The Voidz Enter Spooky Season Early With Their 'Flexorcist' New Song |url=https://uproxx.com/indie/the-voidz-flexorcist-new-song-video/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=UPROXX |language=en-US}}</ref> They released the single "All The Same" on February 21, 2024, which was previously a demo that they had performed live since 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fu |first=Eddie |url=https://consequence.net/2024/02/the-voidz-all-the-same-stream/ |title=The Voidz Experience Deja Vu on New Song "All the Same": Stream |date=February 21, 2024 |website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |access-date=May 25, 2024 }}</ref>
=== Albums ===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
On July 4, 2024, the Voidz revealed the title of their third album ''[[Like All Before You]]'', to be released in September 2024. A trailer for the album was released on YouTube, alongside "Overture", an instrumental single from the album.
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications

! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" |Title
==Band members==
! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" |Details
* [[Julian Casablancas]] – vocals, vocoder, sampler, guitar
! colspan="7" |Peak chart positions
* Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter – guitar, keyboards
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
* Amir Yaghmai – guitar, keyboards
! style="width:35px;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref>Peaks on the ''Billboard'' 200:
* Jacob "Jake" Bercovici – bass, keyboards
* ''Tyranny'': {{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/julian-casablancas-the-voidz/chart-history/billboard-200|title=Julian Casablancas Chart History – Billboard 200|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=April 11, 2018}}
* [[Alex Carapetis]] – drums, percussion, bass
* ''Virtue'': {{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2018-04-14|title=Billboard 200: April 14, 2018|work=Billboard|accessdate=April 11, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Jeff Kite]] – keyboards
! style="width:35px;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=julian casablancas|chart=Alternative Albums}}|title=Julian Casablancas Album & Song Chart History – Alternative Albums|work=Billboard|accessdate=March 12, 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=julian casablancas|chart=Rock Albums}}|title=Julian Casablancas Album & Song Chart History – Rock Albums|work=Billboard|accessdate=March 12, 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (FL)]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Voidz|title=ultratop.be – Discografie The Voidz|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|accessdate=March 30, 2018}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (WA)]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Voidz|title=ultratop.be – Discographie The Voidz|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=March 30, 2018}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[SNEP|FRA]]<br><ref name="fra">{{cite web|url=http://www.lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Julian+Casablancas|title=Julian Casablancas Discography|publisher=lescharts.com}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ<br>Heat.]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=4470|title=NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|date=April 9, 2018|accessdate=April 6, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Tyranny (Julian Casablancas + The Voidz album)|Tyranny]]''
|
* Release date: September 23, 2014
* Label: [[Cult Records|Cult]]
* Formats: [[Music download|Download]], [[Compact disc|CD]], [[Gramophone record|vinyl]]
|39
|2
|10
|176
|128
|90
|—
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Virtue (The Voidz album)|Virtue]]''
|
* Release date: March 30, 2018
* Label: Cult, [[RCA Records|RCA]]
* Formats: Download, CD, vinyl
|151
|8
|23
|—
|—
|—
|9
|-
| colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|}


===Singles===
== Discography ==
{{Main|The Voidz discography}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles,showing year released as single and album name
! Single
! Year
! Album
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Human Sadness]]"
| rowspan="2"| 2014
| rowspan="2"| ''Tyranny''
|-
! scope="row"| "Where No Eagles Fly"
|-
! scope="row"| "Leave It in My Dreams"
| rowspan="7"| 2018
| rowspan="6"| ''Virtue''
|-
! scope="row"| "QYURRYUS"
|-
! scope="row"| "Pointlessness"
|-
! scope="row"| "All Wordz Are Made Up"
|-
! scope="row"| "ALieNNatioN"
|-
! scope="row"| "Pyramid of Bones"
|-
! scope="row"| "Coul as a Ghoul"
| {{N/A|Non-album single}}
|}


=== Music videos ===
=== Studio albums ===
* ''[[Tyranny (The Voidz album)|Tyranny]]'' (2014)
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" data-ve-attributes="{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;text-align:center;&quot;}"
* ''[[Virtue (The Voidz album)|Virtue]]'' (2018)
! scope="col" style="width:16em;" data-ve-attributes="{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;width:16em;&quot;}" |Title
* ''[[Like All Before You]]'' (2024)
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" style="width:16em;" data-ve-attributes="{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;width:16em;&quot;}" |Director(s)
! scope="col" |Ref.
|-
! scope="row" |"Where No Eagles Fly"
|2014
|Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter
|<ref>{{Citation|last=CultRecordsNYC|title=Julian Casablancas+The Voidz - Where No Eagles Fly (Official Video)|date=2014-09-09|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYRt2rEAcyU|accessdate=2018-04-15}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |"Human Sadness"
|2015
|[[Warren Fu]] and [[Nicholaus Goossen]]
|<ref>{{Citation|last=CultRecordsNYC|title=Julian Casablancas+The Voidz - Human Sadness (Official Video)|date=2015-05-27|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuXlZ5PHK9I|accessdate=2018-04-15}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |"Father Electricity"
|2017
|Jorge M. Fontana
|<ref>{{Citation|last=CultRecordsNYC|title=Julian Casablancas+The Voidz - Father Electricity (Official Lyric Film by Jorge M. Fontana)|date=2017-04-03|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpLNzrXIvFQ|accessdate=2018-04-15}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |"QYURRYUS"
| rowspan="3" |2018
|[[Julian Casablancas]]
|<ref>{{Citation|last=TheVoidzVEVO|title=The Voidz - QYURRYUS (Official Video)|date=2018-01-25|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NHmwmqB_H0|accessdate=2018-04-15}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |"All Wordz Are Made Up"
|Jeramy 'Beardo' Gritter
|<ref>{{Citation|last=TheVoidzVEVO|title=The Voidz - All Wordz Are Made Up (Official Video)|date=2018-03-02|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnJPCooprnk|accessdate=2018-04-15}}</ref>
|-
! socpe="row" |"Pyramid of Bones"
|Nicholaus Goossen
|<ref>{{Citation|last=TheVoidzVEVO|title=The Voidz - Pyramid of Bones (Official Video)|date=2018-03-29|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxDyvGcelfA|accessdate=2018-04-15}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{official|http://www.jcvz.com}}
* {{official website|https://thevoidz.com/}}


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The Voidz
The Voidz performing in 2014
The Voidz performing in 2014
Background information
Also known asJulian Casablancas + The Voidz (2013–2017)
Genres
Years active2013–present
Labels
Spinoff ofThe Strokes
Members
Websitethevoidz.com

The Voidz (formerly Julian Casablancas + The Voidz) are an experimental rock band. They consist of Julian Casablancas (vocals), Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter (guitar), Amir Yaghmai (guitar), Jacob "Jake" Bercovici (bass, synthesizers), Alex Carapetis (drums), and Jeff Kite (keyboards).[5][6]

Tyranny, their debut album, reached 50th in NME's Top 50 Albums of 2014 list.

History

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Formation, Tyranny (2013–2016)

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Jeff Kite, Alex Carapetis and Jake Bercovici had all worked with Casablancas previously. Kite and Carapetis appeared as part of the Sick Six live band (which also featured Danielle Haim), that backed Casablancas when touring his first solo album, Phrazes for the Young. Kite and Carapetis, along with Bercovici, also worked on "I Like the Night", a song Casablancas recorded as part of an advertising campaign he fronted for the French fashion label, Azzaro.

Casablancas enjoyed working with the band and chose to collaborate with other musicians, in a similar format to the Sick Six, when recording his next album. Casablancas, Carapetis, Bercovici, and Kite, along with mutual friends Jeramy Gritter and Amir Yaghmai formed The Voidz and began writing music together.[5][6]

Then known as Julian Casablancas + The Voidz, the band signed to Casablancas' record label, Cult, and following a appearance at SXSW Festival, undertook an international tour between 2014 and 2015, including U.S. Lollapallooza and festivals in Chile, Brazil and Argentina.[7] The band's debut album, Tyranny, was released on September 23, 2014.[8] The band's live sets generally consist of a mix between Casablancas' earlier solo songs, covers of Strokes songs written solely by Casablancas, collaborations with artists (such as Daft Punk's "Instant Crush" and Sparklehorse & Danger Mouse's "Little Girl") as well as their own original material from Tyranny and Virtue.

With The Voidz' Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter (formerly of Whitestarr) at Lollapalooza Chile, 2014

Virtue (2017–2019)

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Their album Virtue was released in 2018, on Cult Records via RCA.[9]

Singles and Like All Before You (2019–present)

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In 2019, The Voidz collaborated with Mac DeMarco who produced two songs, “Did My Best” and “The Eternal Tao” later released as a single on Terrible Records.[10] In December 2020, they released the single "Alien Crime Lord" to promote the Cayo Perico Heist update of Grand Theft Auto Online.[11] In 2021, a reworked version of "The Eternal Tao" called "The Eternal Tao 2.0" was released, with an extended outro containing lyrics similar to the Strokes song "The Adults Are Talking".

On May 12, 2023, The Voidz featured in Daft Punk's song "Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo)," which was included in their 10th anniversary edition of Random Access Memories.[12] Two weeks later, on May 26, they released the single "Prophecy of the Dragon."[13] The following single "Flexorcist" was released in October that year.[14] They released the single "All The Same" on February 21, 2024, which was previously a demo that they had performed live since 2020.[15]

On July 4, 2024, the Voidz revealed the title of their third album Like All Before You, to be released in September 2024. A trailer for the album was released on YouTube, alongside "Overture", an instrumental single from the album.

Band members

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  • Julian Casablancas – vocals, vocoder, sampler, guitar
  • Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter – guitar, keyboards
  • Amir Yaghmai – guitar, keyboards
  • Jacob "Jake" Bercovici – bass, keyboards
  • Alex Carapetis – drums, percussion, bass
  • Jeff Kite – keyboards

Discography

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Main article: The Voidz discography

Studio albums

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References

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  1. ^ ""Who Cares If Rock Is No Longer What It Was?" An Interview with Julian Casablancas". Noisey. October 19, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Berman, Stuart. "The Voidz – Virtue Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Weiss, Jeff. "'The essence of life is kind of a nostalgia anticipation sandwich': Philosophy 101 with Julian Casablancas". Washington Post. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  4. ^ Patterson, Adreon (January 23, 2018). "Listen to The Voidz's First New Single in Nearly Four Years, "Leave It in My Dreams"". Paste. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Gibsone, Harriet (March 26, 2014). "Julian Casablancas shares details of his new album with band the Voidz | Music". theguardian.com. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  6. ^ a b ""Can I VHS you?" - Julian Casablancas+The Voidz interview". YouTube. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  7. ^ "Julian Casablancas+The Voidz". Juliancasablancas.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  8. ^ Nick Murray (June 23, 2014). "Julian Casablancas and the Voidz Plan New Album 'Tyranny'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  9. ^ Kaufman, Gil. "Julian Casablancas & The Voidz Announce Name Change With 1980s Horror Spoof: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  10. ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon; Vozick-Levinson, Simon (December 13, 2019). "The Voidz' 'Did My Best' Is Vintage Casablancas". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  11. ^ Shaffer, Claire (December 15, 2020). "The Voidz Drop Robotic New Track 'Alien Crime Lord'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  12. ^ Dunworth, Liberty (May 12, 2023). "Listen to Daft Punk's previously unreleased Julian Casablancas collab 'Infinity Repeating'". NME. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  13. ^ "Julian Casablancas' Voidz Share New Song "Prophecy of the Dragon"". Pitchfork. May 26, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  14. ^ "The Voidz Enter Spooky Season Early With Their 'Flexorcist' New Song". UPROXX. October 28, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  15. ^ Fu, Eddie (February 21, 2024). "The Voidz Experience Deja Vu on New Song "All the Same": Stream". Consequence. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
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